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The Most-Booked Podcast Guests of 2026
The people doing the most podcast rounds this year, ranked by how many different shows they've guested on — Tucker Carlson, Alex Honnold, Arthur Brooks and more. Detected automatically across every major podcast, own shows excluded.
Updated October 2026. Ranked by distinct shows with a guest appearance in 2026.
- 1
Tucker Carlsonhost of The Tucker Carlson Show49shows - 2
Alex Honnoldhost of Climbing Gold40shows - 3
Arthur BrooksHarvard happiness researcher, author of From Strength to Strength38shows - 4
Cory Doctorowwriter and activist, frequent guest36shows - 5Inna Segal33shows
- 6
Andrew Hubermanhost of Huberman Lab26shows - 7
Angela Duckworthpsychologist, author of Grit, frequent podcast guest25shows - 8
Tristan HarrisCenter for Humane Technology co-founder, The Social Dilemma subject, tech ethics circuit24shows - 9
Sam Harrishost of Making Sense23shows - 10
Jordan Petersonhost of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast21shows - 11
Eric Weinsteinhost of The Portal21shows - 12Ben Carlsonco-host of Animal Spirits20shows
- 13
Charles Duhiggauthor of The Power of Habit, frequent guest20shows - 14
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Daron AcemogluNobel economist, author of Why Nations Fail, frequent guest20shows - 15
Theo Vonhost of This Past Weekend18shows - 16
Reid Hoffmanhost of Masters of Scale18shows - 17
Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, frequent guest17shows - 18
Michael Pollanauthor of The Omnivore's Dilemma, frequent podcast guest17shows - 19
Adam Carollahost of The Adam Carolla Show16shows - 20
Bill Maherhost of Club Random16shows - 21
Marc Maronhost of WTF with Marc Maron16shows - 22
Esther Perelhost of Where Should We Begin?16shows - 23
Simon Sinekauthor of Start With Why, leadership speaker and frequent guest16shows - 24
Steve Schirripaco-host of Talking Sopranos16shows - 25
Allie Beth Stuckeyhost of Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey15shows - 26
Rory SutherlandOgilvy vice-chairman, frequent podcast guest15shows - 27
Paul KrugmanNobel economist and NYT columnist, frequent podcast guest15shows - 28
Liane Moriartyauthor of Big Little Lies, literary and women's fiction circuit15shows - 29
Chanda Prescod-Weinsteinphysicist and activist, The Disordered Cosmos author, science equity circuit15shows - 30
Derek Thompsonhost of Plain English14shows - 31
Yoshua BengioMontreal AI pioneer, Turing Award, now concerned AI safety researcher, frequent guest14shows - 32
Tyler Cowenhost of Conversations with Tyler14shows - 33
Jamie Carragherformer England defender, football pundit13shows - 34
Bert Kreischerhost of 2 Bears 1 Cave13shows - 35
Malcolm Gladwellhost of Revisionist History13shows - 36
Tim Ferrisshost of The Tim Ferriss Show13shows - 37
Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind CEO, Nobel Prize 2024, frequent guest13shows - 38
Anthony Scaramuccico-host of The Rest Is Politics: US13shows - 39
Seth Godinhost of Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin13shows - 40
Cal Newporthost of Deep Questions13shows - 41
Alastair Campbellco-host of The Rest Is Politics13shows - 42
Tony Robbinscoach, frequent guest12shows - 43Codie Sanchezhost of BigDeal12shows
- 44Derrick Warfel12shows
- 45
Morgan Houselauthor of The Psychology of Money, frequent podcast guest12shows
- 46Tia Levings12shows
- 47Amy Chan12shows
- 48
Cindy Cohnhost of How to fix the internet12shows - 49Jon Sheldon12shows
- 50
Louis Therouxhost of The Louis Theroux Podcast12shows
Most-booked podcast guests — frequently asked
- Who is the most-booked podcast guest of 2026?
- As of October 2026, Tucker Carlson has guested on the most different podcasts we track this year (49 shows), followed by Alex Honnold and Arthur Brooks. The ranking counts distinct shows a guest has appeared on, not episodes, and excludes their own podcast.
- How is "most-booked" measured?
- By breadth: the number of distinct podcasts a person has a guest appearance on this year, detected automatically across every major show. We rank by shows rather than raw episode count so a host's own podcast can't inflate the list, and only genuine guest spots count.
- Can I follow these guests?
- Yes — follow anyone on the list and every new podcast appearance they make is delivered to you automatically, by email or as a private feed in the podcast app you already use. It's free, with no new app to install.